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Tuesday, November 15, 2022 – Beware scam sellers on Facebook Marketplace – How to quickly select multiple items on a PC or Mac

Posted on November 15, 2022

Hello, and welcome…

Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, November 15, 2022

 


 

Topics covered in this issue…

• Beware scam sellers on Facebook Marketplace

• How to quickly select multiple items on a PC or Mac

• How to make your Instagram messages disappear after they’ve been read

• How to save big by doing your own appliance repairs

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When buying gift cards, make sure you aren’t charged sales tax.

Posted on May 27, 2022

Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.

Gift cards are very popular as birthday, anniversary, and holiday gifts, and for good reason…

They virtually guarantee that your money will end up buying something the recipient will like.

If you plan to buy gift cards to give away as gifts (or even to purchase something for yourself), make sure the cashier doesn’t try to charge you sales tax on the purchase of the card.  [Read more…]

How to avoid falling for hoaxes and scams on Facebook

Posted on April 24, 2022

Facebook consists of a vast community of “friends” who are interconnected to one another in a multitude of ways.

The whole thing can be both overwhelming and amazing.

Throughout a typical Facebook session we can see people we don’t even know pop up out of the digital woodwork to comment on and “Like” things that we or our friends have posted.

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Scam alert: Beware these dangerous ‘Social Security’ related scams

Posted on October 16, 2021

Regular readers of this blog know how much I detest scammers and malicious hoaxsters.

That’s why I try my best to warn you ASAP every time a new scam or hoax starts making the rounds.

While they are all absolutely awful, the scams I hate the most are the ones that target the most vulnerable among us.

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Warning: Beware these 7 dangerous scams that are constantly making the rounds!

Posted on September 29, 2020

Nary a day goes by when I don’t receive fraudulent emails in my inbox and see one scam post after another hit my Facebook Newsfeed.

And unfortunately, there are plenty of dangerous scams taking place in the offline world as well.

It seems that the scammers are getting more sophisticated every day, and more people are falling for their treachery as a result.

That’s why I thought I’d take this opportunity to tell you about some of the most insidious scams that seem to keep popping up at various times.

I have written about these scams in detail, and the links below will take you to those posts: [Read more…]

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